A modern server system must deliver a complex set of obligations towards its users. We study the concept of roles as autonomous encapsulations of a set of promises. Using virtuali...
Ontology-based approaches to situation awareness have gained increasing popularity in recent years. However, most current approaches face two inherent problems. First, they lack su...
Norbert Baumgartner, Werner Retschitzegger, Wielan...
This paper presents a case study in which the OVAMAH architecture is applied in order to obtain a multi-agent system (MAS) that can provide assistance and health care for Alzheimer...
Several concerns in the development of multi-agent systems (MASs) cannot be represented in a modular fashion. In general, they inherently affect several system modules and cannot b...
A challenge for pervasive computing is the seamless integration of computer support with users’ activities in a very dynamic setting, with deep human and resource mobility. Port...
Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni, Karin Breitman, Nicola...